Scientific Name: Aquilegia vulgaris. 'Aquilegia' refers to the flowers' resemblance to an eagle (presumably upsidedown with talons outstretched to take some prey). 'Vulgaris' means common.
English Name: Common Columbine (referencing a completely different bird to the scientific name, the dove). Often called Grannys Bonnet, also a clear allusion to the shape of the flower.
French Name: L'Ancolie commune.
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Scrub, woods, fens. Calcareous, neutral or acidic soils.
Flowering Period: April-May-June.
Status: Locally quite common and conspicuous.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. 1 In a woodland clearing on a limestone spur near Preuilly-sur-Claise, April. 2-3 Near Chaumussay on the edge of a wooded limestone spur, with a resting Dark-edged Beefly Bombylius major, April.
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English Name: Common Columbine (referencing a completely different bird to the scientific name, the dove). Often called Grannys Bonnet, also a clear allusion to the shape of the flower.
French Name: L'Ancolie commune.
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- large flowers with 5 spurs.
- flowers all blue or violet-blue, occasionally pink or white.
- found in calcareous woods and fens.
- rounded lobed leaves.
- tall and spindly stems.
Habitat: Scrub, woods, fens. Calcareous, neutral or acidic soils.
Flowering Period: April-May-June.
Status: Locally quite common and conspicuous.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. 1 In a woodland clearing on a limestone spur near Preuilly-sur-Claise, April. 2-3 Near Chaumussay on the edge of a wooded limestone spur, with a resting Dark-edged Beefly Bombylius major, April.
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